Attachment for faucets



F. P.- WILLIAMS.

ATTACHMENT FOR FAUCETS.

APPLIVCATJON FILED FEB. 11, 1920.

1 ,395, 32 1 Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

UNITED STATES FRANK 1?. WILLIAMS, 013 DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR FAUCETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Application filed February 11, 1920. Serial No. 357,994.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, FRANK P. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for faucets to provide a combined filter and bubbling fountain. By simply closing a valve the filtering feature may be cut off and the water passing through the faucet may be caused to bubble through a suitable orifice .to form a drinking fountain.

In the drawings-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the attachment placed upon a faucet.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same showing the parts in position for the attach ment to act as a filter.

Fig. 3 is a similar vertical section showing the parts in position for the attachment to act as a bubbling fountain.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line JP-4E of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the attachment.

Fig. 9 is a bottom plan view of the attachment.

The attachment comprises an upper cylinder 4; and lower cylinder 7) telescoped together and eachprovided with part of a laterally-projecting sleeve 0 adapted-to fit over the horizontal run of the faucet elbow. Within this sleeve is a rubber packing ring (Z. When the two cylinders and sleeve portions have been fitted over the elbow portion of the faucet and the packing ring is in place, a clamp e, which is similar to a hose clamp, may be used, and serves to clamp the sleeve portions of the fitting tightly together to make a water-tight joint. The two cylinders and 6 form the barrelof the attachment which is closed at either end by virtue of the end walls of the cylinders. However, a bubbling fountain opening at is provided in the upper cylinder end and a filter opensection on the line 66 of ing f is provided in the lower cylinder end.

A filter cup 9 is provided to abut the upper end of the barrel and a filter cup 72. to abut the lower end of the barrel. A cap j with a flange deeper than the filter cup is adapted to fit over both the filter cup 9 and the top of the barrel and hold the filter cup in place. A cap 11 with a flange deeper than the filter cup 72, is adapted to fit over this filter cup and over the bottom ofthe barrel and hold the filter cup 71, in place. These caps fit fairly tightly on the barrel ends and are locked removably and revolubly therein by the long bayonet slots 50 and stamped-out boss y. Each of the filter cups is provided with a rubber gasket is, a filtering material Z and an upper screen or mesh m and a lower screen or mesh n. The lower filter cup h is provided with an opening thereinto designated. 0, whilethe upper filter cap is provided with an opening thereinto designated p. The lower filter cap is provided with a water outlet hole 9 while the upper cap is provided with a water orifice 1".

The operation of the attachment is as follows: Assuming the upper and lower barrel halves to be telescoped together and placed over the horizontal run of the-faucet elbow, the attachment is ,secured'in water-tight re lation thereto by the clamp e. In the show ing of Fig. 2, the attachment is adjusted for simply filtering. The water runs through the filter opening f and the registering opening 0 of the filter cup through the filter including the two layers of mesh; and the charcoal filtering material, and out the water outlet hole 9 in the bottom of the filter cap.

If one desires a drink and has not a cup handy, all he has to do is to turn the filter cap 2' to bring the openings f and 0 out of registry, as shown in Fig. 3. This will cut off most of the flow through the filter and ,by bringing the openings 50 and p into registry, as shown in Fig. 3, the water will be backed up and bubble out through the opening 9" in the bubbling fountain cap. It also will pass through a filtering medium similar.v to that at the bottom of the attachment.

It will be noticed that the openings 7 and 0 in the bottom filter are never completely out of overlapping relation. 'This is to allow a certain flow to always run through the filter to carry away any sediment. This is nicely shown by comparing Figs. 3 and 5.

What I claim is:

1. An attachment for faucets, comprising a barrel having an aperture in its side through which the elbow of the faucet is adapted to pass, means on one end of the barrel to filter the water, and means on the opposite end of the barrel constituting a bubbling fountain.

2. An attachment for a faucet, comprising an upright barrel having an aperture in its side through which the elbow of a faucet is adapted to pass, means on the lower end of the barrel constituting a filter, means on the opposite end of the barrel constituting a bubbling fountain, and means for cutting off the filtering end of the barrel from the major flow of water to operate the bubbling fountain.

3. An, attachment for faucets, comprising an upright barrel adapted to be engaged overthe elbow of a faucet with its upper end projecting above said elbow and constituting a bubbling fountain, a filter on the lower end of the barrel, and a valve for cuttin off the major portion of the flow through t e filter to cause the water to bubble through the upper end of the barrel.

4. An attachment for faucets, comprising an upright barrel having an open lower end and having also an opening in the sidewhich allows the barrel to be secured over an elbow with the barrel upper end projecting above said elbow, said upper end provided with an orifice forming a bubbling fountain, and means for closing the lower end of the barrel to cause the water to bubble over the top of the barrel to form the bubbling fountain.

5. An attachment for faucets, comprising an upright barrel having an open lower end and an opening through the side of the bar rel, means for clamping the barrel to the elbow of a faucet which passes through the said opening in the side of the barrel, means for closing the lower end of the barrel, and a bubbling fountain device in the upper end of the barrel operated when the lower end or i the barrel is closed off.

6. An attachment for faucets, comprising a pair of telescoping cylinders adapted to be telescoped over a faucet elbow and securely fastened thereto, a filter at the bottom end of the barrel formed by the two cylinders, a

bubbling fountain at the upper end of the barrel operative when the water flow is cut down through the filter end, and means for cutting the water flow down through the filter end.

7. An attachment for faucets, comprising a pair of cylinders having closed ends except for water openings therethrough, said cylinders provided with sleeve portions at right angles thereto and telescoping each va pair of telescoping closed end cylinders adapted to fit over a faucet elbow and be clamped thereto, the closed ends of the cylinders being provided with water openings, a revoluble cup on at least one end of the barrel formed by the two cylinders and having an opening that can be brought into registry or out of registry with the opening in the end of the cylinder to cut the flow down when out of registry for the purpose of causing the flow of water through the opening of the opposite cylinder end.

9. An attachment for faucets, comprising pair of cylinders adapted to be telescoped together and clamped to a faucet elbow to form a barrel, each cylinder having a closed end except for a water opening therethrough, a filter cup abutting against the lower cylinder end, a cap with a flange deeper than the filter cup adapted to fit over the filter cup and a portion of the end of the barrel, said filter cup having an opening therethrough and the said cap having an opening therethrough, the opening through the filter cup being adapted to be brought into registry or out of registry with the opening through the adjacent end of the cylinder for the purpose of cutting down the water passage through the filter and thereby causing the water to bubble through the opening in the end of the top cylinder.

10. An attachment for faucets, comprising a pair of telescoping closed end cylinders adapted to be fitted over the elbow of a 100 faucet, each of the closed' ends being provided with a water opening, a filter cup abutting each of the closed ends and provided with an opening in the end ofthe cup, and a cap adapted to fit over each filter cup and 105 provided with a flange deeper than the filter cup adapted to fit over the filter cup and the adjacent end of the cvlinder, each cap being provided with a water opening, said caps being rotatable to bring the opening 110 through the filter cup and the adjacent cylinder end in and out of registry for the purpose of cutting down or allowing a free passage of water therethrough.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. 115

FRANKP. WILLIAMS. 

